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Patent GB-189910092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Cars and in Appliances for use in connection therewith.
Inventor: STEPHENS RICHARD
Filed: 1899-05-13
Granted: 1900-05-12
Abstract: 10,092. Stephens, R. May 13. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the engines, driving-gear, and brakes, to means for regulating the supply of gas to the engine, and to driving-chain tightening-means in motor cars. On the engine shaft a series of driving-pulleys are arranged to gear with belts which pass to the countershaft. The rocking shaft A, Fig. 2, on which slides the sleeve D provided with a fork carrying the jockey pulley F, is operated by the foot-lever H so as to bring the jockey pulley on to the belt over which it may be. The sleeve D is caused to slide and take up its position by means of lever connections from the hand-lever Y. The spring-pressed valve shown in Fig. 3, governed by hand, regulates the supply of charge to a one-cylinder engine, and for a double-cylinder engine the spring is attached to the centre of a lever and controls both admission valves. The cylinder cover is enlarged, and has a groove into which fits one end of a water jacket, the jacket fitting into a similar groove in a flange at the other end of the cylinder. Packing is placed in both grooves. To tighten or slacken the driving-chains and keep them at uniform tension, the springs E, Fig. 6, are hung on the links F connected loosely to the lugs H, and the spindle A, which is forked and bolted to the link F, is inserted in the frame of each side of the front of the car. The axle K of the main driving-wheels is attached to the springs E, and the chains are tightened or slackened by screwing up the nut on the spindle A. The vehicle brakes act simultaneously on the front and back of each wheel, and are suspended on a pin K<1>, Fig. 11, by hangers. The shoes are fixed on transverse shafts C, and are adjustable by means of pins screwing into plates provided, four shoes being applied at once by the hand-lever. According to the Provisional Specification, a winch or lever for starting the engines is caused to turn the engine shaft by a ratchet tooth engaging with a groove in the crank-shaft socket until speed is acquired, when the socket passes freely over the ratchet tooth and the lever is ejected.
Patent GB-189925449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling Electric Motors.
Filed: 1899-12-22
Granted: 1900-02-03
Abstract: 25,449. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Davis, A. G., and Potter, W. B.]. Dec. 22. Drawings to Specification. Brakes.-In a system of controlling electric motors, as, for example, on railway and tramway vehicles, an additional regulating-motor is connected in.series with the main motors, and this is utilized to actuate an air compressor, which may store air for operating the brakes.
Patent GB-190003848-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Surgical Appliance for Supporting the Uterus and Vagina of Lower Animals in the Abnormal Displacement of these Organs.
Inventor: BLUME ALFRED
Filed: 1900-02-28
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 3848. Blume, A. Feb. 28. Pessaries.- Fig. 1 shows an appliance for supporting the uterus and vagina of a lower animal. A perforated tube a, provided with a tube b and a telescopic tube e, is placed in the vagina &c. and secured in position by means of straps connected to a disc d. The perforations enable the cleansing-fluid and other secretions to escape. When applied to the vagina only, the tubes b, c are removed and replaced by a short tube having a disc d.
Patent GB-190005779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machinery for the Manufacture of Weft Forks.
Inventor: CRABTREE JAMES
Filed: 1900-03-28
Granted: 1901-03-02
Abstract: 5779. Crabtree, J., and Schofield, J. March 28. Forging.-In the manufacture o f weft forks from a bar, the bar is first presented to a vibrating hammer and die to form the socket S, Fig. 7, the parts A, B being then flattened in a second d vibrating hammer to form the prong portion and the shank respectively, Fig. 8. The prong portion is then tapered, as shown in Fig. 9, by placing it on a die C which is gradually raised as the blank is passed under the hammer. The die rests on a wedge F, moved by a handlever G, finer adjustment b e i n g obtained by a second wedge L operated by a screw M. The socket S is then trimmed endways by placing it under a hammer in the step Q of a die R, Fig. 4, the portion A being trimmed by passing it through the step S. The finished blank, Fig. 10, is then cut off in suitable cutters, the shank being finished cold by suitable cutting-machinery. All the vibrating hammers and dies form part of one machine.
Patent GB-190007689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Drilling Rocks and other Hard Substances.
Inventor: STEPHENS WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1900-04-25
Granted: 1900-05-26
Abstract: 7689. Stephens, W. C. April 25. Rock drills, percussive. The leather or like compressible bushings, described in Specification No. 1674, A.D. 1896, as placed in the ports leading from the valve-chest to the cylinder, are now made as internal linings e of rigid material, such as soft metal, to prevent them from swelling and closing the passage. The bushings may also be sheathed to prevent wear.
Patent GB-190011854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Bee-hives.
Inventor: HORNER WILLIAM
Filed: 1900-06-30
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 11,854. Horner, W. June 30. Beehives. - Relates to the construction of the bodies and " supers " of beehives to prevent water from gaining access to the interior of the hive. The sides a of the super are formed with deep grooves b, b along the top and bottom edges, which communicate through openings with the exterior of the hive, to allow any water that may collect to drain away. In Fig. 1, c represents the board for supporting the ends of the comb frames, and d represents distancepieces between the boards a and c. The grooves b may also be made in the top of the sides of the hive body.
Patent GB-190012649-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Mat.
Inventor: WHITE JAMES
Filed: 1900-07-13
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 12,649. White, J. July 13. Mats.-A wooden mat, suitable for use on, or in connection with, floors, bathrooms, greenhouses, garden and other seats, kitchen sinks, and for other purposes is made of a series of parallel rods a, separated by distance-pieces b, the whole being bound together by means of wires c, the free ends of which are covered by a rod a<1>, secured to the adjacent rod by screws d. At the opposite side of the mat, two rods a are used in contact.
Patent GB-190012887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Crematorium Furnaces.
Inventor: WILLOUGHBY SAMUEL
Filed: 1900-07-17
Granted: 1901-07-17
Abstract: 12,887. Willoughby, S., and Fox, H. H. July 17. Corpses, cremating.-The corpse is placed in a retort b heated internally, or, according to the Provisional Specification, externally, by liquid fuel burners e, to which air and steam are also supplied. The gases given off are passed through a water curtain in a chamber f. Round the retort is an air space d. The furnace is arranged in the vaults of the mortuary chapel, which is provided with a permanent structure resembling an ordinary grave. The coffin is received on a trolley at the bottom of the grave and run direct into the furnace.
Patent GB-190013106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Devices for Electric Interlocking or Block Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: HOLLINS FREDERICK THOMAS
Filed: 1900-07-20
Granted: 1901-06-29
Abstract: 13,106. Hollins, F. T. July 20. Signalling-instruments ;interlocking.-Relates to means for preventing electric interlocking or block signalling-apparatus from being affected by stray earth currents. An electromagnet 1, Fig. 1, and one or more adjustable contacts 4, 5, adapted to be opened by the movement of the armatures 2, 3 of the electromagnet, are introduced into the circuit A, B to be protected. The armatures are carried by blade springs 6, 7, or are connected to spiral springs, which permit the passage of a current of a strength sufficient for the proper working of the instruments &c., without movement of the armatures 2, 3. If a stronger current enters the circuit, the circuit is alternately broken and made at the contacts 4, 5 by the vibration of the armatures. This apparatus is suspended by springs 8, 9, 10, 11 from clips 12, 13, to prevent the armatures from being affected by mechanical vibration. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the solenoid 1, four light iron arms 3, 5, &c., controlled by springs 11, 13, &c., and two pairs of contact-fingers 6, 7, &c., adapted to make contact with the arms, are introduced in the circuit 14, 15, 16, 17. In this case, the passage of a current strong enough to overcome the controlling- springs causes the arms 3, 5, &c. to be repelled from the fingers 6, 7, &c., so interrupting the circuit. By employing a permanent magnet to polarize the armatures &c., the apparatus is made operative only for currents in one direction. The application of the invention to the ordinary signalling-bell circuit, and to a Sykes's interlocking circuit, is described in the Specification.
Patent GB-190013343-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for Pasteurizing Beer.
Inventor: WAGNER EDUARD
Filed: 1900-07-24
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 13,343. Wagner, E. July 24. Beer, preserving.-Relates to a method and apparatus for pasteurizing beer. The beer in bottles is first subjected to a preliminary heating, then to a uniform sterilizing-temperature for a period of time, and finally to a uniform cooling temperature. The temperature of the bottles between the periods of their exposure to the sterilizing and cooling temperatures respectively is reduced by exposure to the atmosphere and to cooling-sprays. Fig. 1 shows a vertical section, and Fig. 2 shows a plan of apparatus for carrying the invention into effect. The bottles are suspended by spring clips u, v, Figs. 5 and 6, from rods x which pass through the links r of double endless chains which run under and over sprocket-wheels k, l, n, o so that the bottles are immersed in the compartment d in water of a temperature of about 120‹ F., and then pass, protected by a covering y, to a compartment e, in which the water is of a temperature of about 145‹ F., and in which they remain for about fifty minutes. The bottles during their passage from the compartment e to the compartment f are exposed to the cooling action of the atmosphere and of cold-water sprays from a pipe y, and in the compartment f they are immersed in water of a temperature of about 100‹ F., after which they may be exposed to cooling-sprays from a pipe z. In a modification, the clips, Figs. 5 and 6, are placed by open-ended shelves or cases, suspended from the chain, in which the bottles stand in their passage through the apparatus.
Patent GB-190100022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Making Tapered, Radial & other Bricks.
Inventor: INGHAM LEWIS
Filed: 1901-01-01
Granted: 1901-05-04
Abstract: 22. Ingham, L., and Langton, B. Jan. 1 Moulding bricks.-Fig. 2 shows a plan view of an extrusion machine for making tapered, radial, or other bricks for furnaces &c. The side plates K of the mouthpiece are pivoted so as to expand or turn outwards as the brick is being formed, and are maintained in position by side rollers L, which are moved outwards in slotted guides by slotted levers P<1>, P<2> adjustably pivoted to a slotted cross-bar N. Bolts or studs through the outer ends of the levers are adapted to slide in slotted guide-bars Q, which are adjustably bolted to slotted brackets R at the sides of the cylinder A. A die or abutment block M, interposed between the cross-bar N and mouthpiece of the machine, may have a straight, bevelled, or curved face, according to the shape of brick required. The brick is cut off close to the mouthpiece by a knife V hinged to a bar U pivoted to a slotted bar T in front of the cross-bar N. In order to allow for the adjustment of the length of the bar U, it may be slotted, or made of two perforated parts bolted together. Clay is fed into the cylinder A at the back, and is forced forward by a piston B operated by a screw C, toothed wheels D, E, and endless bands.
Patent GB-190113845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Headers for Water Tube Steam Generators
Inventor: ROSENTHAL JAMES HERMANN
Filed: 1901-07-08
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 13,845. Rosenthal, J. H. July 8. Water-tube boilers.-Relates to sinuous headers for water-tube steam generators of the Babcock and Wilcox type. The headers A are stepped or formed with embossed parts A', A', the faces of which are at right-angles to the water tubes B. The outer parts A' have square, oval, &c. hand- holes closed by removable plates E secured in place by clamps H and screws I. A small hand-hole, closed by a plug or cover, may be provided opposite the end of each tube.
Patent GB-190117202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tuning Instruments.
Inventor: ROSENCRANTZ ISIDOR BERTRAM
Filed: 1901-08-27
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 17,202. Rosencrantz, I. B., and Lanyon, R. H. Aug. 27. Tuning; organs.-The invention consists of a small organ, comprising rather more than an octave, in which the keys 29 are held down, when depressed, by spring catches 32 which engage with a rail 31. The corresponding note on the organ or piano which it is desired to tune is then compared with the one produced. The catches 32 can be released, when desired, by a push 37 which thrusts a hinged board 34 against the catches, and so frees them from the rail 31. The catches can be thrown out of action permanently by rotating the push. The push has a pin which bears against the board 34 and presses it against the catches. The instrument is stated to be applicable for giving instruction in tuning. -
Patent GB-190117435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saws
Inventor: BURRIDGE CHARLES
Filed: 1901-08-30
Granted: 1901-11-09
Abstract: 17,435. Burridge, C., and Brown, H. Aug. 30. Sawing.-Band and other saws are formed with teeth on both sides of the blade. The Figure shows the invention applied to a hand-saw, in which rip teeth are formed on one side and crosscut teeth on the other. The centre of each face of the blade is slightly dished to afford clearance for the teeth.
Patent GB-190123117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles
Inventor: MIHATSCH ALOIS
Filed: 1901-11-15
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 23,117. Mihatsch, A. Nov. 15. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-In the form shown in Fig. 3, the wooden felloes 1 are held between the flanges 7 of an I- sectioned rim, which is formed in two parts secured together by screws 9. The flanges 8 of the outer part form guides between which slide the narrow ring 11 secured by screws to the tread ring 10. Within the space formed between the ring 11 and the outer part of the rim is placed an elastic band 6. formed of rubber, metal springs, or the equivalent. In modifications, the rim may be constructed in one piece, the rings 10, 11 may be constructed in one piece, and, as shown in Fig. 4, the flanges of the outer part 14 of the rim may bear inside the flanges 17 of the tread ring 16.
Patent GB-190202122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepared Sealing Wax.
Inventor: ADRIANCE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1902-01-27
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 2122. Adriance, B. Jan. 27. Sealing - wax ; seals and sealing.- Sticks of sealing- wax a are provided with one or more wicks or other inflammable cores b. A handle c carrying a seal f may be secured to the end of each stick.
Patent GB-190205153-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Automatic Safety Device for use in connection with Rollers, Glazers, Grindstones and like Revolving Surfaces.
Inventor: SUTTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1902-03-01
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 5153. Sutton, A. March 1. Ironing machines; mangling machines.-Rests for grindstones, and tables for rollers, are mounted so that, in the event of the fingers of the attendant being trapped between the rest and the revolving surface, the rest will move back and thus prevent their being injured. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show the invention applied to a grindstone rest ; the rest 1 is pivoted to the frame 3 at 2 and is held in place by spring plungers 6, or by blade springs. These Figures also show a wheel-trueing device 9 in conjunction with the rest ; this device is movable across the face of the stone by a screw 11 and is adjustable towards it by a set-screw 12.
Patent GB-190207401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tumbler and other Switches and their Terminals for Electrical Lamps and Power Installations.
Inventor: HIRST HUGO
Filed: 1902-03-27
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 7401. Hirst, H., and Bevis, H. March 27. Couplings; switches.-The base of a switch for lamps &c. is formed with holes B, preferably elliptical, through which the bared loop of a conductor U may be passed. The terminals D are formed with cross-cuts or slots G for receiving the loops, which are secured by screws H.
Patent GB-190209884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filter Presses.
Inventor: SMITH MYSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1902-04-29
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 9884. Smith, M. A. April 29. Cocoa.-Relates to presses for extracting cocoa butter from cocoa liquor, and consists of means whereby the cakes formed in one press are transferred intact to another press where they are subjected to a further pressure. The press in which the cakes are formed, Fig. 1, comprises rings 1 locked together in pairs by lugs 2 or otherwise, and carrying the filter cloths 11 the central rings 9 of which are held against the apertures in the dividing plates 4 by springs 12. The operation of the first press having been completed, it is opened and the pairs of rings 1 transferred, with their cloths and cakes, to the second press, Fig. 2, where they are placed between plates 13. These plates have plunger faces 14 which, on hydraulic pressure being applied, enter the rings 1 and complete the expression of the cocoa butter. Fig. 9 shows one of the springs 12 separately.
Patent GB-190221766-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Dog Slips
Inventor: BROWN CHARLES
Filed: 1902-10-29
Granted: 1903-10-08
Abstract: 21,766. Brown, C. Oct. 29. Dog leashes.-A dog slip for loosing two dogs for coursing is constructed with a frame A, a swivel B with loops for the attachment of straps, swivels D for the attachment of dog collars, and releasing. slides E held in place by catch-levers F and a spring G. The slides are released by pulling a bolt H, the head of which engages the ends of the levers F.
Patent GB-190223771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stone Breakers
Inventor: DEANE EDWIN
Filed: 1902-10-31
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 23,771. Deane, E. Oct. 31. Crushers with vibrating jaws.-The connecting- rod or pitman which operates the toggle levers B, B' of a stone-crusher, comprises a box A, having a bearing A<3> for the cranked portion C' of the driving-shaft C, and downwardly-extending parallel side portions A<1>, which lie inside the frame of the machine and are connected at their lower ends by an oval cross-bar A<2>. The togglemember B has a transverse cavity on its under side to receive the upper edge of the bar A<2>, and a similar cavity in its inner end to receive the end of the member B<1> which actuates the movable jaw H. The transverse shaft D, on which the jaw H is hung, is mounted in boxes D<2>, arranged to slide in longitudinal guideways D<4>; the boxes have spacers D<1> at their backs, and are adjusted by screws D<3>. The driving-shaft C may be provided at each end with a balance-wheel E, either or both of which may have a peripheral band or hoop E<2> to receive a driving-belt. Conical portions c<2> of the shaft C fit in correspondingly-shaped boxes C<3>, the cranked portion C' of the shaft being eccentric to the bases of the portions C<2>. Or the portions C<2> of the shaft may be cylindrical and larger than the ends of the shaft, so as to form webs or arms.
Patent GB-190225656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Mounting Address Forms or the like in Bands or Strips for use in Addressing Machines.
Inventor: RICHARDS GEORGE LIVINGSTON
Filed: 1902-11-21
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 25,656. Lake, H. H., [Richards, G. L.]. Nov. 21. Addressing-machines. - Relates to apparatus for attaching stencil cards and the like one to another to form bards or strips for addressing- machines. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of the apparatus. The table 5 is provided with standards 6 carrying a plate 7 supporting the upper run of an endless band 12 on rollers 10, 11 on shafts 9 in standards. The stencil cards S are placed on the band 12 between distance strips or projections 13, with their ends projecting beyond the edges of the band. Adhesive tape is folded round and applied to the ends of the cards, from two rolls of tape 24. 25 independently rotatable. The adhesive tapes are moistened by rollers 18, consisting of felt &c. surrounding perforated cups containing water, and then pass to folders 16, 17, which bend the taoes round the edges of the cards. The ends of the cards are guided, as they pass to the tapes, by grooved bars 14. The tapes are pressed on to the upper and lower sides of the edges of the cards, and the tapes and cards are fed forwards, by two pairs of rollers 33, 34 on two shafts 29, 30 in standards 28. The shaft 30 is driven by a hand-wheel 37 or by power &c. A bar 39, on an arm 38, tears on the central portions of the cards, and the end of this bar is provided with a curved plate 40, which guides the strip of cards up to a roller 45, on which it is wound. The roller 45 is driven by a band 44 and pulleys from the shaft 30.
Patent GB-190226975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs Croquet Mallets and the like.
Inventor: PROCTER ARTHUR HOWARD
Filed: 1902-12-06
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 26,975. Procter, A. H. Dec. 6. Golf; croquet.-A golf putter is shaped to facilitate sighting. The head a, Fig. 1, is formed like a croquet mallet head, and is made of wood, aluminium, &c. The handle b is preferably secured to the head near its striking-end, (which is curved or ribbed), by means of the arrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The head a, Fig. 5, has a hole d which is undercut at d'. The flange e<1> of the device shown in Fig. 6 fits into the cut d<1>, and the square portion e<2> is of the same width as the hole d ; the eud e screws into the handle b or socket c. The striking-end may be rounded off at the edges, or provided with a beading or rough end, and the bottom may be curved, as shown. The head may be fixed in other ways ; for instance, the socket c may have a pin passing through a slot in the head of the club, and the pin is screwthreaded so that, by means of a nut, the head can be fixed in position. One or two bars may be fixed to the head, so that the sight line between them serves for sighting ; this arrangement can also be applied to an ordinary golf club. The invention is also applicable to croquet mallets.
Patent GB-190301676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for Accumulators.
Inventor: MEYGRET ACHILLE
Filed: 1903-01-23
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 1676. Meygret, A. Jan. 23. Secondary batteries. - The electrodes are built up of a series of small plates of lead, lead and antimony, or other metal or alloy joined to each other at one extremity by a common support. The electrodes may either be cast as a whole in a suitable mould or be stamped out into the required form, or the sheets may be formed singly and united at one end by soldering & c. When covered with oxide of lead, the electrodes are dipped into an acidproof varnish, or into a solution of tetraacetate of cellulose, whereby the active material is provided with a resistant coating on drying in the air. This protective envelope is perforated by passage either under a cylinder with needle points attached thereto, or under a cutting spur-wheel.
Patent GB-190304215-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Lubricating Rollers for Brickmaking Machinery.
Inventor: DAWBER THOMAS
Filed: 1903-02-23
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 4215. Dawber, T. Feb. 23. Moulding bricks.-A lubricating-roller for brickmaking machinery and other purposes consists of a timber centre B carrying one or more layers D, E of fustian or the like, separated by perforated sheet metal. The interior may be filled with waste or other absorbent material. The roller is charged by soaking it in oil.